Basics of Lithium conversion... I'm lost!
I did a search and it's mostly Greek... to me. I'd like to know the key points for, hopefully, a straight across lead/acid to lithium conversion. My old Flow-Rite watering system just overflowed 2 c...
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steveh27 wrote:StirCrazy wrote:
do you use a tiny computer fan or anything to blow the heat around or are you just using the heat radiating off the alumium base?
Steve
If using a thermostat controller like mine it must be placed to measure the heat in the batteries, not the surrounding air which would heat up quickly and perhaps shut down the heater before the batteries reach a good temp. If you look at my diagram and read the text, I placed the temp sensor between the 2 batteries which are tight together and below the top.
ok I have my case for the small cells I have set up a little different to play with this winter. like you I did place the temp probe between the cells but I set it up so no direct heat can just move between the cells. it has to propagate from the 6 outside surfaces inwords. the discharge and charging also adds heat from the inside so who knows actualy how long the heater will be on. I am starting out with a heat pad that uses 0.2A and I like the idea of some sort of alumium heat sink. with a small fan (0.05a) i could make a heat tube to transfer the heat to the air more efficently..
guess Ill see how it works this winter, I dont mind screwing up my 30ah prismatic cells to find out what works and doesnt for setting up the big ones in the rv's
Steve
